Extension of locally pseudocompact group actions

It is shown that: (1) any action of a Moscow group G on a first countable, Dieudonné complete (in particular, on a metrizable) space X can uniquely be extended to an action of the Dieudonné completion γG on X, (2) any action of a locally pseudocompact topological group G on a b _f -space (in particular, on a first countable space) X can uniquely be extended to an action of the Weil completion on the Dieudonné completion γX of X. As a consequence, we obtain that, for each locally pseudocompact topological group G, every G-space with the b _f -property admits an equivariant embedding into a compact Hausdorff G-space. Furthermore, for each pseudocompact group G, every metrizable G-space has a G-invariant metric compatible with its topology. We also give a direct construction of such an invariant metric. Received: June 22, 2000; in final form: May 22, 2001?Published online: June 11, 2002     

On scatteredly continuous maps between topological spaces

A map f:X→Y between topological spaces is defined to be scatteredly continuous if for each subspace AX the restriction f|A has a point of continuity. We show that for a function f:X→Y from a perfectly paracompact hereditarily Baire Preiss–Simon space X into a regular space Y the scattered continuity of f is equivalent to (i) the weak discontinuity (for each subset AX the set D(f|A) of discontinuity points of f|A is nowhere dense in A), (ii) the piecewise continuity (X can be written as a countable union of closed subsets on which f is continuous), (iii) the G_δ-measurability (the preimage of each open set is of type G_δ). Also under Martin Axiom, we construct a G_δ-measurable map f:X→Y between metrizable separable spaces, which is not piecewise continuous. This answers an old question of V. Vinokurov.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>-Colorings of some graphs of <Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>-class 1

An f-coloring of a graph G is an edge-coloring of G such that each color appears at each vertex v V（G） at most f（v） times. The minimum number of colors needed to f-color G is called the f-chromatic index of G and is denoted by X′f（G）. Any simple graph G has the f-chromatic index equal to △f（G） or △f（G） ＋ 1, where △f（G） =max v V（G）{[d（v）/f（v）]}. If X′f（G） = △f（G）, then G is of f-class 1; otherwise G is of f-class 2. In this paper, a class of graphs of f-class 1 are obtained by a constructive proof. As a result, f-colorings of these graphs with △f（G） colors are given.     

On compactification of metric spaces

Iff:X →X* is a homeomorphism of a metric separable spaceX into a compact metric spaceX* such thatf(X)=X*, then the pair (f,X*) is called a metric compactification ofX. An absoluteG _δ-space (F _σ-space)X is said to be of the first kind, if there exists a metric compactification (f,X*) ofX such that , whereG _i are sets open inX* and dim[Fr(G _i)]<dimX. (Fr(G _i) being the boundary ofG _i and dimX — the dimension ofX). An absoluteG _δ-space (F _σ-space), which is not of the first kind, is said to be of the second kind. In the present paper spaces which are both absoluteG _δ andF _σ-spaces of the second kind are constructed for any positive finite dimension, a problem related to one of A. Lelek in [11] is solved, and a sufficient condition onX is given under which dim [X* −f(X)]≧k, for any metric compactification (f,X*) ofX, wherek≦dimX is a given number. This research has been sponsored by the U.S. Navy through the Office of Naval Research under contract No. 62558-3315.     

D n -normal semigroups of transformations

Given a subgroup G of the symmetric group S _n on n letters, a semigroup S of transformations of X _n is G-normal if G _S =G, where G _S consists of all permutations h∈S _n such that h ⁻¹ fh∈S for all f∈S. A semigroup S is G-normax if it is a maximal semigroup in the set of all G-normal semigroups. In 1996, I. Levi showed that the alternating group A _n can not serve as the group G _S for any semigroup of total transformations of X _n . In 2000 and 2001, I. Levi, D.B. McAlister and R.B. McFadden described all A _n -normal semigroups of partial transformations of X _n . Also, in 1994, I. Levi and R.B. McFadden described all S _n -normal semigroups. In this paper, we show that the dihedral group D _n may serve as the group G _S for semigroups of transformations of X _n . We characterize a large class of D _n -normax semigroups and describe certain D _n -normal semigroups.     

Inequalities involving independence domination, f-domination, connected and total f-domination numbers

Let f be an integer-valued function defined on the vertex set V(G) of a graph G. A subset D of V(G) is an f-dominating set if each vertex x outside D is adjacent to at least f(x) vertices in D. The minimum number of vertices in an f-dominating set is defined to be the f-domination number, denoted by _f (G). In a similar way one can define the connected and total f-domination numbers _c,f (G) and _t,f (G). If f(x) = 1 for all vertices x, then these are the ordinary domination number, connected domination number and total domination number of G, respectively. In this paper we prove some inequalities involving _f (G), _c,f (G), _t,f (G) and the independence domination number i(G). In particular, several known results are generalized.     

Structural Remarks on Bipartite Graphs with Unique f-Factors

In this note we will derive some structural results for a bipartite graph G with a unique f-factor. Two necessary conditions will be that G is saturated, meaning that the addition of any edge leads to a second f-factor, and that f_A, f_B≥1. Here f_A and f_B are defined as the minimum of f over the vertices in the two partite sets A and B of G, respectively. Our main result states that G has at least f_A + f_B vertices for which d_G (v) = f(v) holds.     

Free <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>-spaces and maximal equivariant compactifications

For a compact Lie group G we prove that every free (resp., semifree) G-space admits a based-free (resp., semifree) G-compactification. Examples of finite- and infinite-dimensional G-spaces are presented that do not admit a free or based-free G-compactification. We give several characterizations of the maximal G-compactification β_GX that are further applied to prove the formula (β_GX)/H=β_G/H(X/H) for arbitrary closed normal subgroup H⊂G. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 54H15, 54D35     

Observable actions of algebraic groups

Let G be an affine algebraic group and let X be an affine algebraic variety. An action G × X → X is called observable if for any G-invariant, proper, closed subset Y of X there is a nonzero invariant f ∈ \Bbbk\Bbbk [X] ^G such that f| _Y = 0. We characterize this condition geometrically as follows. The action G × X → X is observable if and only if:

On the Cohen–Lusk theorem

Let G be a finite group and X be a G-space. For a map f: X → ℝ ^m , the partial coincidence set A(f, k), k ≤ |G|, is the set of points x ∈ X such that there exist k elements g ₁,…, g _k of the group G, for which f(g ₁ x) = ⋅⋅⋅ = f(g _k x) holds. We prove that the partial coincidence set is nonempty for G = ℤ _p ⁿ under some additional assumptions. Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 13, No. 8, pp. 61–67, 2007.     

Fourier type 2 operators with respect to locally compact abelian groups

A linear and bounded operator T between Banach spaces X and Y has Fourier type 2 with respect to a locally compact abelian group G if there exists a constant c > 0 such that∥T ∥₂ ≤ c∥f∥₂ holds for all X‐valued functions f ∈ L^X₂(G) where is the Fourier transform of f. We show that any Fourier type 2 operator with respect to the classical groups has Fourier type 2 with respect to any locally compact abelian group. This generalizes previous special results for the Cantor group and for closed subgroups of ?ⁿ. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On J. H. C. Whitehead's aspherical question I

A connected, finite two-dimensional CW-complex with fundamental group isomorphic toG is called a [G, 2] _f -complex. LetL⊲G be a normal subgroup ofG. L has weightk if and only ifk is the smallest integer such that there exists {l ₁,…,l _k}⊆L such thatL is the normal closure inG of {l ₁,…,l _k}. We prove that a [G, 2] _f -complexX may be embedded as a subcomplex of an aspherical complexY=X∪{e ₁ ² ,…,e _k ² } if and only ifG has a normal subgroupL of weightk such thatH=G/L is at most two-dimensional and defG=defH+k. Also, ifX is anon-aspherical [G, 2] _f -subcomplex of an aspherical 2-complex, then there exists a non-trivial superperfect normal subgroupP such thatG/P has cohomological dimension ≤2. In this case, any torsion inG must be inP.     

Two Paths Joining Given Vertices in 2k-Edge-Connected Graphs

Let k≥2 be an integer and G = (V(G), E(G)) be a k-edge-connected graph. For X⊆V(G), e(X) denotes the number of edges between X and V(G) − X. Let {s_i, t_i}⊆X_i⊆V(G) (i=1,2) and X₁∩X₂=∅. We here prove that if k is even and e(X_i)≤2k−1 (i=1,2), then there exist paths P₁ and P₂ such that P_i joins s_i and t_i, V(P_i)⊆X_i (i=1,2) and G − E(P₁∪P₂) is (k−2)-edge-connected (for odd k, if e(X₁)≤2k−2 and e(X₂)≤2k−1, then the same result holds [10]), and we give a generalization of this result and some other results about paths not containing given edges.     

Mackey systems of monoidal categories and G-spectra

We construct an equivariant infinite loop space machine denned on certain class of monoidal O _G -categories which have built-in Mackey structure. Applications include the equivariant infinite delooping of the classifying space BF(G) for stable spherical G-fibrations and also the construction of an infinite loop G-space E(X, G) with ₀ ^HE (X, G) naturally isomorphic to the equivariant Whitehead groups Wh _H (X) of given G-space X.Dedicated to Professor Shôrô Araki on his sixtieth birthday     

A Borsuk-Ulam Theorem for compact Lie group actions

Let G be a compact Lie group. Let X, Y be free G-spaces. In this paper, we consider the question of the existence of G-maps f : X → Y . As a consequence, we obtain a theorem about the existence of ℤ_p-coincidence points. *The author was supported by FAPESP of Brazil Grant 01/02226-9.     

The degree theory for set-valued compact perturbation of monotone-type mappings with an application

Degree theory has been developed as a tool for checking the solution existence of nonlinear equations. Hu and Parageorgiou [S.C. Hu, N.S. Parageorgiou, Generalisation of Browders degree theory, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 347 (1995), pp. 233–259] generalized the results of Browder [F.E. Browder, Fixed point theory and nonlinear problems, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1983), pp. 1–39] on the degree theory to mappings of the form f?+?T?+?G, where f is a bounded and demicotinuous mapping of class (S)₊ from a bounded open set in a reflexive Banach space X into its dual X*, T is a maximal monotone mapping with 0?∈?T(0) from X into X*, and G is an u.s.c. compact set-valued mapping from X into X*. In this article we continue to generalize and extend the results of Browder on the degree theory to mappings of the form f?+?T?+?G. By enlarging the class of maximal monotone mappings and pseudo-monotone homotopies we obtain some new results of the degree theory for such mappings. As an application, an existence result of solutions for generalized mixed variational inequalities is given under some suitable conditions.     

Vertex Set Partitions Preserving Conservativeness

Let G be an undirected graph and ={X₁, …, X_n} be a partition of V(G). Denote by G/ the graph which has vertex set {X₁, …, X_n}, edge set E, and is obtained from G by identifying vertices in each class X_i of the partition . Given a conservative graph (G, w), we study vertex set partitions preserving conservativeness, i.e., those for which (G/ , w) is also a conservative graph. We characterize the conservative graphs (G/ , w), where is a terminal partition of V(G) (a partition preserving conservativeness which is not a refinement of any other partition of this kind). We prove that many conservative graphs admit terminal partitions with some additional properties. The results obtained are then used in new unified short proofs for a co-NP characterization of Seymour graphs by A. A. Ageev, A. V. Kostochka, and Z. Szigeti (1997, J. Graph Theory34, 357–364), a theorem of E. Korach and M. Penn (1992, Math. Programming55, 183–191), a theorem of E. Korach (1994, J. Combin. Theory Ser. B62, 1–10), and a theorem of A. V. Kostochka (1994, in “Discrete Analysis and Operations Research. Mathematics and its Applications (A. D. Korshunov, Ed.), Vol. 355, pp. 109–123, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht).     

Oscillation for almost continuity

Let X be a topological space and (Y,d) be a metric space. If f: X → Y is a function then there is a function a _f : X → [0, ∞] such that f is almost continuous at x if and only if a _f (x) = 0. Some properties of this function are investigated. Supported by grant VEGA 2/6087/26 and APVT-51-006904.     

Weak local homeomorphisms and <Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis>-favorable spaces

Let X and Y be topological spaces such that an arbitrary mapping f: X → Y for which every preimage f ⁻¹ (G) of a set G open in Y is an F _σ-set in X can be represented in the form of the pointwise limit of continuous mappings f _n : X → Y. We study the problem of subspaces Z of the space Y for which the mappings f: X → Z possess the same property. Translated from Ukrains'kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 9, pp. 1189–1195, September, 2008.     

Hyperspaces of nowhere topologically complete spaces

It is proved that ifX is a connected locally continuumwise connected coanalytic nowhere topologically complete space, then the hyperspace 2 ^X of all nonempty compact subsets ofX is strongly universal in the class of all coanalytic spaces. Moreover, 2 ^X is homeomorphic to Π₂ ifX is a Baire space, and toQ∖Π₁ ifX contains a dense absoluteG _δ-setG ⊂X such that the intersectionG ∩U is connected for any open connectedU ⊂X. (Here Π₁, Π₁⊂X are the standard subsets of the Hilbert cubeQ absorbing for the classes of analytic and coanalytic spaces, respectively.) Similar results are obtained for higher projective classes. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 35–51, July, 1997. Translated by O. V. Sipacheva